Macbeans Quotes & Sayings

A person of bourgeois origin goes through life with some expectation of getting what he wants, within reasonable limits. Hence the fact thjat in times of stress "educated" people tend to come to the front; they are no more gifted than the others and their "education" is generally quite useless in itself, but they are accustomed to a certain amount of deference and consequently have the cheek necessary to a commander. — George Orwell

I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with. — Amy Bloom

I love you so much for putting up with your crappy job to stay here with me."
"I would put up with much worse to stay here with you. — S.C. Stephens

When we have a clear sense of our destination, we can be flexible in the route we take to reach it. — Simon Sinek

Work is living for me. The point is whether we live in our work. — Joseph P. Lash

after all these programs and scholarships, after all the work done by organized athletics at all levels, the number of boys actually playing baseball or football is far lower than before: no one is outdoors playing. — Anthony M. Esolen

The sufferer who keeps looking for God has, in the end, privileged knowledge. ... She passes through a door that only pain will open, and is thus qualified to speak of God in a way that others, whom we generally call more fortunate, cannot speak. (pg. 122) — Ellen F. Davis

Who am I? I am who I say I am and tomorrow someone else entirely. You are too nostalgic, you want memory to secure you, console you. The past is a bore. What matters is only oneself and what one creates from what one has learned. Imagination uses what it needs and discards the rest - where you want to erect a museum. Don't hoard the past, Astrid. Don't cherish anything. Burn it. The artist is the phoenix who burns to emerge. — Janet Fitch

Life is full of kinks. And the great thing about kinks? They eventually work themselves out. — Courtney Cole

Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He is so big. We can never kill him." David looked at the same giant and thought, "He is so big. I can't miss." — Russell Johnston

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world. — Keri Russell

A world of confusion and disappointment results from trying to believe without obeying. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

If frogs had side pockets, they'd carry hand guns. — Dan Rather